How Abstract Enhances Your Microsoft Sentinel Investment
Azure Sentinel offers strong native analytics but limits users to 512 scheduled detection rules and 50 near real-time rules, with batch latencies of 5 to 15 minutes. Abstract Security complements Sentinel by enabling thousands of real-time rules with sub-second processing, reducing data volumes by 60–80% before ingestion, and supporting hundreds of data sources through no-code, maintenance-free integrations. Together, they deliver faster, broader, and more cost-effective threat detection across complex environments, maximizing security while minimizing operational overhead and costs.
Introducing Data Filtering Capabilities
Microsoft Sentinel recommends customers filter out irrelevant data before ingestion to reduce costs (Refr: Best practices for data collection – Microsoft), using Azure Monitor Agent or Logstash that support basic filtering capabilities.
Abstract’s Security Data Pipelines offer advanced, out-of-the-box, vendor-agnostic filtering capabilities through a simple drag-and-drop interface, with no KQL required.
Cost-Effective Data Ingestion
Optimized for non-Microsoft sources: Sentinel provides free ingestion for Microsoft Cloud data sources ingesting third-party data can get expensive. Abstract reduces data volume of popular integrations by as much as 60–80% before it hits Sentinel, lowering costs.
True Real-Time Detection
Abstract Security supports thousands of true real-time streaming rules, allowing teams to augment their Azure Sentinel detections for more flexible and immediate responses without eating into Azure Sentinel’s Detection rule limits.
Sentinel supports 50 near real-time (NRT) rules and 512 total detection rules. Refr: Service Limits for Sentinel. Batch processing can add minutes of delay due to indexing.
Complementary Detection Focus
Sentinel excels at Microsoft cloud and Windows endpoint detections.
Abstract enhances this with robust coverage of SaaS software, enabling broader, cross-platform coverage — ideal for the modern enterprise.
Seamless Migration & Detection Portability
Sentinel offers rule translation (e.g., Splunk to KQL) with partial automation.
Refr: SIEM Migration experience from Sentinel Abstract provides no tooling/scripts required experience for SIEM migration easing transition from any SIEM to Sentinel without complex manual mapping.
Streamlined Threat Intelligence Integration
Sentinel includes MSTIC threat intel out-of-box, but bringing in 3rd-party intel (e.g., Flashpoint, Recorded Future) requires uploading content Refr: Bring your threat intel.
Abstract provides OOTB integrations for third party threat intel, match against real-time data, and send results into Sentinel or other destinations.